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Northern Lights Celebration Event

On Wednesday 25th May, Robert Gordon University hosted the second Northern Lights Celebration event. Northern Lights is a program run for Northfield Academy by RGU. The aim of the program is for S1 and S2 pupils to experience university and inspire them to consider higher education in the future.

This year the S1 group learned about what university is and what it can offer, one thing that stuck out for one pupil was toast club. They visited the school of Architecture and were hands on in a number of activities including building castles out of cards and stop animation. For the final S1 session pupils discussed careers and personal qualities, after matching qualities to careers pupils began to think about the qualities that they have and what they may be able to do with them in the future.

The S2 group visited the RGU campus three times this year, each time visiting a different faculty and experiencing a wide range of hands on activities. In engineering they created complicated circuits, in media they made radio and tv clips and at the health faculty they tested their balance when working with physiotherapy students and lecturers.

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At the celebration event some pupils shared their experiences of the program, then guests got to see some of the activities for themselves with pupil helpers to share their expertise. Guests also got the opportunity to tour some of the RGU faculties. Before the group was brought back together for some presentations. S1 pupils received a certificate and a Northern Lights hoodie. S2 pupils who had completed the program received a scroll and a Northern Lights Class of 2016 pen.IMG_0097

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Access RGU Spring 2016 Newsletter

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ACCESS RGU delivers outreach activities with schools and communities, coordinates on-campus learning opportunities for prospective students and provides advice and guidance for applicants and enrolling students. Northfield Academy has engaged with Access RGU to open up more opportunities to our pupils. The programme of activities is committed to delivering the University’s strategy to extend access to learning and enable talented individuals from under-represented groups, particularly those from deprived areas, to achieve their ambitions through higher education, whatever their circumstances.

Please find attached Access RGU Spring Newsletter, where you cna read about Northfield Academy’s experiences with the Access RGU team.

Newsletter Spring 2016

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Northern Lights Program

This term the Northern Lights programme continued with a session in school and a celebration event held at Robert Gordon University. In the final session of S1 pupils discussed different jobs and the skills and attributes required to achieve their goals, pupils finished by setting themselves targets for S2.

On 20th May parents, teachers and pupils involved in the Northern Lights programme were invited to Robert Gordon University Riverside Building for a celebration event. Refreshments were provided and Aicha Lagrichi, Heather Ross and Anne-Marie Morrison did a short presentation about their Northern Lights year. There was then a tour of the Science labs and a chance to practise some forensic techniques and a chance to learn more about our food. Finally pupils were presented with a certificate and a hoodie to reward them for their hard work during the year.

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Statoil helps students prepare to become “Heroes of Tomorrow”

Months of hard science by budding young students at an Aberdeen school came to an end yesterday when they presented their projects at TechFest last week.

TechFest’s Heroes of Tomorrow event, sponsored by Statoil, had pupils from S1 to S6 from Northfield Academy give short presentations to their families and peers on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Sarah Chew, managing director of Techfest, said: “Statoil’s Heroes of Tomorrow programme is closely aligned with Techfest’s aim to engage young people in the four main STEM subjects.

“Statoil’s aim is to encourage them to go on to follow a career which utilises these skills by demonstrating that they are fun as well as relevant in day to day life.

Gunnar Breivik, managing director for Statoil Production UK, said: “It is very important to Statoil, and to the wider oil and gas industry, that we attract the next generation of scientists and engineers.

“Through the TechFest Heroes of Tomorrow event, we’re pleased to support these talented young people from Aberdeen and the north-east.”

Students presented projects on a variety of topics, not just in relation to the oil and gas industry but also to geothermal energy, space and time travel, and DNA.

Breivik added: “We hope this experience will encourage them to build on their passion and knowledge of STEM subjects and strive for future success in this area.”

Written by – 05/03/2015 2:00 pm on EnergyVoice